Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
Volume 187, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4986-4
Keywords
Seasonal variation; Atrazine and metolachlor; Soil water balance; Persistence; Andisol soil
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- Mitsubishi International Foundation of Japan [MITSU1415]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [26.04074]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [14F04074] Funding Source: KAKEN
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To estimate the potential effect of seasonal variation on the fate of herbicides in andisol soil, atrazine and metolachlor residues were investigated through the summer and winter seasons during 2013 and 2014 under field condition. The computed half-lives of atrazine and metolachlor in soil changed significantly through the two seasons of the trial. The half-lives were shorter in summer season with 16.0 and 23.5 days for atrazine and metolachlor, respectively. In contrast, the half-lives were longer during the winter season with 32.7 and 51.8 days for atrazine and metolachlor, respectively. The analysis of soil water balance suggested that more pesticide was lost in deeper soil layers through infiltration in summer than in winter. In addition, during the summer season, metolachlor was more likely to leach into deeper soil layer than atrazine possibly due to high water solubility of metolachlor.
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